Laos vs Malaysia statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 79th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Laos and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Laos and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Malaysia
1960	-	$1,916,229,477
1961	-	$1,901,856,123
1962	-	$2,001,489,602
1963	-	$2,510,110,348
1964	-	$2,674,423,922
1965	-	$2,956,337,669
1966	-	$3,143,517,944
1967	-	$3,188,924,677
1968	-	$3,330,371,551
1969	-	$3,664,552,041
1970	-	$3,864,145,667
1971	-	$4,244,395,956
1972	-	$5,043,347,250
1973	-	$7,662,902,678
1974	-	$9,496,204,302
1975	-	$9,298,800,799
1976	-	$11,050,234,599
1977	-	$13,139,488,633
1978	-	$16,358,079,862
1979	-	$21,213,264,962
1980	-	$24,488,224,677
1981	-	$25,004,285,792
1982	-	$26,804,493,635
1983	-	$30,347,442,111
1984	$1,757,142,856	$33,942,897,422
1985	$2,366,666,616	$31,199,633,353
1986	$1,776,842,097	$27,734,111,400
1987	$1,087,273,104	$32,181,210,158
1988	$598,961,269	$35,272,109,220
1989	$714,046,821	$38,847,965,293
1990	$865,559,879	$44,024,585,240
1991	$1,028,087,972	$49,143,148,094
1992	$1,127,806,945	$59,167,550,163
1993	$1,327,748,690	$66,894,966,969
1994	$1,543,606,345	$74,478,356,958
1995	$1,763,536,305	$88,705,342,903
1996	$1,873,671,550	$100,855,393,910
1997	$1,747,011,857	$100,005,323,302
1998	$1,280,177,839	$72,167,498,981
1999	$1,454,430,642	$79,148,421,053
2000	$1,731,198,022	$93,789,736,842
2001	$1,768,619,058	$92,783,947,368
2002	$1,758,176,653	$100,845,526,316
2003	$2,023,324,407	$110,202,368,421
2004	$2,366,398,120	$124,749,473,684
2005	$2,735,558,735	$143,534,405,819
2006	$3,455,030,061	$162,692,258,307
2007	$4,223,152,739	$193,549,569,478
2008	$5,446,433,157	$230,811,614,370
2009	$5,836,137,330	$202,257,453,037
2010	$7,131,771,015	$255,017,638,456
2011	$8,750,104,617	$297,951,668,675
2012	$10,192,846,339	$314,443,047,642
2013	$11,983,252,627	$323,276,235,524
2014	$13,279,245,886	$338,066,095,097
2015	$14,426,380,126	$301,355,266,965
2016	$15,912,501,723	$301,256,033,870
2017	$17,071,155,481	$319,109,094,160
2018	$18,141,641,090	$358,788,845,713
2019	$18,740,561,513	$365,177,721,022
2020	$18,981,805,250	$337,456,163,961
2021	$18,827,148,531	$373,784,823,673
2022	$15,468,785,204	$407,605,841,348
2023	$15,843,155,731	$399,705,137,434
2024	$16,502,933,121	$421,972,102,254

Laos and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Malaysia
1960	-	$240.8
1961	-	$232.9
1962	-	$238.8
1963	-	$291.8
1964	-	$303
1965	-	$326
1966	-	$339
1967	-	$335
1968	-	$342
1969	-	$368
1970	-	$380
1971	-	$407
1972	-	$472
1973	-	$701
1974	-	$848
1975	-	$811
1976	-	$940
1977	-	$1,092
1978	-	$1,327
1979	-	$1,680
1980	-	$1,886
1981	-	$1,866
1982	-	$1,938
1983	-	$2,124
1984	$483	$2,300
1985	$633	$2,046
1986	$462	$1,760
1987	$274.7	$1,977
1988	$147.1	$2,100
1989	$170.4	$2,244
1990	$200.7	$2,469
1991	$231.8	$2,679
1992	$247.3	$3,141
1993	$283.4	$3,462
1994	$321	$3,758
1995	$358	$4,363
1996	$371	$4,837
1997	$339	$4,679
1998	$243.9	$3,294
1999	$272.3	$3,528
2000	$319	$4,084
2001	$320	$3,944
2002	$313	$4,184
2003	$355	$4,465
2004	$409	$4,939
2005	$466	$5,556
2006	$579	$6,158
2007	$697	$7,169
2008	$886	$8,372
2009	$935	$7,191
2010	$1,126	$8,899
2011	$1,362	$10,217
2012	$1,564	$10,601
2013	$1,813	$10,714
2014	$1,981	$11,013
2015	$2,121	$9,649
2016	$2,303	$9,477
2017	$2,432	$9,863
2018	$2,545	$10,902
2019	$2,589	$10,920
2020	$2,584	$9,958
2021	$2,526	$10,903
2022	$2,046	$11,748
2023	$2,067	$11,379
2024	$2,124	$11,867

Laos vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Malaysia
1950	38.9	48.5
1951	39.2	49.2
1952	39.4	50.1
1953	39.7	51.1
1954	40	52
1955	40.3	52.8
1956	40.6	53.7
1957	40.9	54.5
1958	41.2	55.4
1959	40.7	56.3
1960	41	57.2
1961	41.3	58
1962	42.3	58.9
1963	41.5	59.7
1964	41.9	60.4
1965	42.2	61.1
1966	42.3	61.7
1967	42.9	62
1968	43.2	62.4
1969	43.5	62.9
1970	43.8	63.3
1971	44.1	63.8
1972	44.4	64.2
1973	44.7	64.7
1974	45.9	65.2
1975	46.1	65.7
1976	46	66.2
1977	46.4	66.7
1978	46.8	67.2
1979	47.5	67.6
1980	48.6	68.1
1981	49.2	68.5
1982	49.9	68.9
1983	50.5	69.2
1984	51	69.6
1985	51.6	69.9
1986	52.1	70.1
1987	52.6	70.4
1988	53.1	70.6
1989	53.6	70.8
1990	54	71
1991	54.7	71.2
1992	55.1	71.5
1993	55.6	71.7
1994	55.8	71.9
1995	56.3	72
1996	56.8	72.1
1997	57.3	72.3
1998	57.5	72.4
1999	57.9	72.4
2000	58.3	72.7
2001	58.9	73.1
2002	59.3	73.5
2003	59.6	73.7
2004	60.1	74
2005	60.7	74.4
2006	61.1	74.7
2007	61.7	75
2008	62.2	75.2
2009	63	75.3
2010	63.7	75.4
2011	64.5	75.5
2012	65.1	75.6
2013	65.7	75.5
2014	66.3	75.3
2015	66.7	75.3
2016	67	75.4
2017	67.3	75.5
2018	67.6	75.7
2019	67.9	75.9
2020	68.3	76.1
2021	67.8	73.9
2022	68.7	75.4
2023	69	76.7
2024	69.2	76.8
2025	69.5	77

Laos and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Malaysia
1960	2,121,514	7,956,197
1961	2,169,796	8,164,443
1962	2,219,910	8,380,172
1963	2,271,061	8,602,160
1964	2,322,826	8,828,406
1965	2,376,200	9,056,408
1966	2,431,084	9,284,688
1967	2,487,715	9,507,099
1968	2,546,377	9,725,281
1969	2,606,959	9,947,597
1970	2,669,702	10,178,802
1971	2,734,628	10,423,453
1972	2,801,660	10,676,835
1973	2,870,573	10,935,621
1974	2,939,761	11,200,906
1975	3,005,521	11,471,914
1976	3,064,876	11,750,097
1977	3,118,923	12,035,713
1978	3,171,740	12,328,157
1979	3,228,202	12,627,862
1980	3,292,573	12,983,363
1981	3,366,631	13,399,203
1982	3,450,026	13,832,798
1983	3,541,001	14,285,907
1984	3,637,843	14,759,009
1985	3,739,985	15,252,258
1986	3,846,715	15,760,419
1987	3,957,612	16,276,737
1988	4,072,601	16,796,605
1989	4,190,974	17,314,997
1990	4,311,955	17,833,171
1991	4,435,118	18,342,464
1992	4,559,646	18,834,572
1993	4,685,060	19,322,664
1994	4,809,220	19,820,446
1995	4,929,409	20,330,599
1996	5,045,678	20,850,087
1997	5,152,011	21,375,218
1998	5,248,266	21,906,713
1999	5,340,784	22,435,531
2000	5,431,212	22,967,816
2001	5,521,482	23,526,538
2002	5,610,889	24,102,477
2003	5,697,945	24,679,602
2004	5,781,626	25,256,772
2005	5,869,523	25,836,071
2006	5,963,200	26,417,909
2007	6,056,236	26,998,389
2008	6,148,969	27,570,059
2009	6,241,642	28,124,778
2010	6,334,194	28,655,776
2011	6,426,590	29,162,039
2012	6,518,978	29,662,831
2013	6,611,385	30,174,265
2014	6,703,172	30,696,137
2015	6,801,645	31,232,798
2016	6,908,802	31,789,685
2017	7,018,147	32,355,644
2018	7,128,045	32,910,967
2019	7,237,636	33,440,596
2020	7,346,533	33,889,558
2021	7,453,194	34,282,399
2022	7,559,007	34,695,493
2023	7,664,993	35,126,298
2024	7,769,819	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Laos and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Malaysia
1960	6.29	6.41
1961	6.31	6.37
1962	6.31	6.3
1963	6.32	6.19
1964	6.31	6.03
1965	6.32	5.84
1966	6.31	5.64
1967	6.31	5.43
1968	6.3	5.29
1969	6.3	5.16
1970	6.31	5.04
1971	6.3	4.92
1972	6.28	4.82
1973	6.28	4.73
1974	6.29	4.62
1975	6.29	4.5
1976	6.29	4.4
1977	6.29	4.28
1978	6.3	4.18
1979	6.31	4.09
1980	6.33	4.04
1981	6.35	4
1982	6.37	3.97
1983	6.38	3.93
1984	6.37	3.89
1985	6.33	3.8
1986	6.26	3.7
1987	6.21	3.57
1988	6.16	3.5
1989	6.1	3.31
1990	6.06	3.3
1991	5.99	3.34
1992	5.9	3.37
1993	5.8	3.36
1994	5.6	3.35
1995	5.36	3.32
1996	5.15	3.3
1997	4.96	3.23
1998	4.79	3.12
1999	4.64	3.07
2000	4.43	2.94
2001	4.29	2.81
2002	4.13	2.66
2003	4.02	2.6
2004	3.9	2.49
2005	3.69	2.39
2006	3.56	2.31
2007	3.44	2.25
2008	3.33	2.26
2009	3.23	2.22
2010	3.14	2.14
2011	3.05	2.15
2012	2.95	2.12
2013	2.87	2.07
2014	2.8	2.06
2015	2.8	2.01
2016	2.74	1.94
2017	2.69	1.89
2018	2.63	1.84
2019	2.59	1.78
2020	2.54	1.68
2021	2.49	1.56
2022	2.46	1.55
2023	2.42	1.55

Laos and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Malaysia
1960	19.2	17.5
1961	19.2	17.3
1962	19.1	17.1
1963	19	17
1964	19	16.9
1965	18.9	16.8
1966	18.9	16.9
1967	18.9	17
1968	18.8	17.1
1969	18.8	17.3
1970	18.7	17.4
1971	18.7	17.6
1972	18.7	17.9
1973	18.7	18.1
1974	18.6	18.3
1975	18.5	18.6
1976	18.4	18.8
1977	18.3	19
1978	18.1	19.3
1979	18	19.5
1980	17.9	19.7
1981	17.9	19.9
1982	17.8	20.1
1983	17.8	20.4
1984	17.8	20.5
1985	17.8	20.7
1986	17.8	20.9
1987	17.8	21
1988	17.9	21.1
1989	17.9	21.3
1990	17.9	21.5
1991	17.9	21.7
1992	17.9	21.9
1993	17.9	22.1
1994	17.9	22.3
1995	17.9	22.5
1996	17.9	22.7
1997	18	22.9
1998	18	23.1
1999	18	23.4
2000	18.1	23.5
2001	18.2	23.6
2002	18.4	23.7
2003	18.5	23.9
2004	18.7	24
2005	18.9	24.2
2006	19.2	24.5
2007	19.6	24.8
2008	20	25.1
2009	20.5	25.6
2010	21	26
2011	21.4	26.4
2012	21.9	26.8
2013	22.3	27.1
2014	22.7	27.5
2015	23	27.8
2016	23.3	28.1
2017	23.6	28.5
2018	23.8	28.8
2019	24.1	29.2
2020	24.4	29.6
2021	24.7	30.1
2022	25	30.6
2023	25.3	31.1
2024	25.6	31.5

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